Sample card



J. DOMBER Feb. 8, 1938.

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flic d Mm ATTORNEYS 50 l These. slots extend completely through the card- Patented Fell. s, 193s SAMPLE GARDl Joseph Domber, Bronx, N. Y., assigner to Peerless Sample Card Cb. Inc., New YorkN; Y., a corporation of NewYork Application March. 2, 1935, Serial No. 8,984:

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new` and improved sample card.

Y One of the objects of my'invention is to make a sample card which can be manufacturedat low cost and in large quantities. y Y

yAnotherfobjrect of my invention is to-provide a sample card construction Wherebythe samples of` clothor the likek canr be mounted in a simple manner and at low cost, and to provide a` device having minimum weight. v

.Other objects of my invention will beset forth in the following description and drawings which will illustrate two preferred embodiments thereof, it being understood that the above statements ofthe objects lof my. invention isintended to generally explain the same without limiting it in any: manner. f

vrFig..1 is al. plan View. of a sample .card in the n' extended position. f

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective View of the `'sample card, in the partially folded position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional viewon the line.3-3 of ng. 4 is a sectioned view on the line 4-4 of` Fig.j1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showingfone of the sample cardele'ments, consisting ofV a piecei of Vcloth or other material, having cardboard mounting devices atv each end thereof; Fig. 6 isa perspectiveview which illustratesa modification of Fig. 5.

Fig. `7 isl a sectional view on the line 1--1 of .v Fig.v 1..

els, A, B, C, and D.

This device can be made of cardboard or other yfiexible material and said panels are arranged to fold on the score lines I, 2 and 3.

'VInorder to make the device shown in Fig. 1, arblank is punched so as to form thefslots S.

:board or other flexible material which is used formaking the device.

vIn order to punch the slots S at minimum cost,

' the punching operation is performed while the slots; S ,are parallel-.to said? axis.'v

- connected to the edges of the device by means (Cl. 20G-82) blank is in the folded condition so that.I therfour panels or sections: ofv saldi blank closely contact with each other.

Of course, the devicev can have any desired number. of sectionscr panels. 5 It. will. be noted that. there;v are-` a, ro`w= of slots S adjacent. each.` edge of. the device.. and that therev are arowf of said` slots S atv each side: of

each fold line.v I, 2and3.y

For. convenience, it: can. .beassumed that. the v,1c axis ofthe card is parallelto the long edgeV thereof,.referring toFlg. 1.

It willbe notedzthat eaehpslot- Shas a length which exceeds the. width. thereof andv thatA said In order to reinforce thedeviceatthe fold lines I, 2, and' 3, a supplemental reinforcing; stripl is connected by anadhesivecr byfother suitable (means to the rear face ofthedevice, atzeachfold device. is folded.

Additional reinforcing andcovering strips 5 are of an adhesive or the like in order to cover the edge slots S, at the rear surface of the device.

As shown in Fig. 3, the reinforcing strips l are glued or otherwise connected to the device only at the longitudinal edges of said strips l, so'that substantial portions of the bodies of said strips 4 are not connected to the imperforate part of the rear wall of the device. The strips l and 5 may be made of paper or cloth.

Likewise, the strips 5 are connected to the rear wall of the device only at the longitudinal edges of said strips. The reinforcing strips 4 and 5 therefore form flaps or pockets, which are unconnected to the imperforate rear wall of the device save at the edges of said strips. The edge strips 5 are equivalent to the inwardly turned edges shown in U. S. Patent No. 1,788,826.

The sample card element consists of a strip of cloth C' or other flexible material. A U-shaped mounting strip 6 is connected to each end of the 55 strip C', by means of any suitable adhesive. This strip 6 is made of cardboard or of any suitable material.

Each said strip 6 is provided with integral tabs 6a at its top and bottom. Said tabs are perpendicular to the sample strip C.

Each said sample card element may have an identifying number N printed or otherwise indicated upon one ofthe mounting strips 6. f

In order to mount the element C upon the card, the tabs 6a are inserted into aligned slots S as indicated in Fig. 1. 'Each said tab Ba enters the pocket which is formed by the respective re-v inforcing strip.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, I have shown a mounting strip 'l which is connected by adhesive or the like, only to one face of the strip C. Said mounting strip l is provided with integral tabs 1a. This element is used in the manner previously indicated.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 8 is identical with -the embodiment indicated in Fig. 1, save that the slots S are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device instead of being parallel to said longitudinal axis shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 9 isv identical with Fig. 2 save for the difference inthe alignment of the slots S.

Fig. 11 shows a strip C which is made of cloth or other suitable flexible material.

Mounting members 8, of U-shaped form, are connected to the edges of the strip C by adhesive or any other suitable means. Said members 8 are provided with intergal tabs 8a, and they stifen the top and bottom edges of strip C.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 12 is identical with that shown in Fig. 11, save that Fig. l2 showsl a mounting tab 9 'which is connected by adhesive or the like only to one side of the edge of strip C. Said member 9 is provided with tabs 9a, which correspond to tabs 8a.

Referring to Fig. 1, it 4will be noted that the sample element C cannot be pulled readily out of the device because the four tabsa enter respective slots S so as to resist an outward pull.

It will be noted that eachv strip which is used in the device shown in Fig. 8, is held in position by means of lour tabs, andv that continuous cardboard strips are connected ,to the top and bottom edges of C.

However, the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 is superior to the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, for reliably holding the strips in position. If the element C is pulled outwardly, the eiect is to cause the members 6 to move towards each other, which is resisted by the engagement of the tabs 6a with the walls of the slots S.

I have thus provided a simple and light-weight device, because it is unnecessary to connect each strip C to a piece of cardboard having approximately the same dimensions as said strip. Forv makes it possible to punch the slots S at low cost by using punching dies which operate adjacent said superposed edges, and before the reinforcing strips are applied.

The invention is particularly useful in connection With strips C made of thin cottonmaterial or the like, which is very flexible and which has substantially no inherent rigidity. However, the invention can be used with samples of woolen cloth and with samples of other materials of any weight.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing from yits spirit. Y

I claim:

1. In combination, a sample card having longitudinal rows of aligned openings, the openings in the respective rows being laterally aligned and a sample card element, said sample card element comprising a strip of ilexible material having substantially no inherent rigidity, said strip having mounts connected to the ends thereof, said mounts being spaced from each other, said mounts having tabs which are adapted to enter four slots, said slots comprising laterally aligned pairs of slots, the slots of each pair being in different rows.

2. In combination, a sample card having rows of aligned openings, and a sample card element, said sample card element comprising a strip ci flexible material having substantially no inherent rigidity, said strip having mounts connected to the ends thereof, said mounts being spaced from each other, said mounts having tabs which are adapted to enter four of said slots, said tabs being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said strip.

JOSEPH DOMBER. 

